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On its publication in France, Cambodia: Year Zero received worldwide attention as the first detailed account of the 1975 Cambodian Communist revolution -- one of the most brutal and least understood revolutions in history. Jean Lacouture, reviewing the French edition in the New York Review of Books, hailed it as "by far the best informed report to appear on the new Cambodia." Now, updated and with a new introductory note on the English translation, Cambodia: Year Zero remains the most authoritative source we have on contemporary Cambodia.
Its author, Francois Ponchaud, was a missionary in Cambodia from 1965 until he was forced to flee Phnom Penh in May, 1975, just before the total victory of the Khmer Rouge. He observed at first hand the evacuation of the city and later amassed testimony from scores of Cambodian refugees in Thailand, Vietnam, and France. Their accounts of the horrors they endured -- forced migration into the countryside, forced labor, starvation, disease, mass murder, separation of families -- are presented in their own words, along with official radio and print communiques from the revolutionary government of Cambodia.
Ponchaud traces the roots of the revolution in Cambodia's history -- including the role that the United States and other foreign powers played -- and presents portraits of the revolutionary leaders. The shocking, close-up view Ponchaud provides is of a nation that has shut itself off from the outside world and a government that has systematically destroyed its own people and their past.
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Welcome to our small, family-owned bookstore. This Good Condition Paperback was copyrighted in 1977 by the author, Francois Ponchaud. Translation copyrighted in 1978 by the translator, Nancy Amphoux. Published by Penguin Books. Printed in Great Britain. The original seller, the Central Department Store Ltd. of Bangkok Thailand, has a stamp on the half-title page. No dust jacket. The cover is worn but solid. The surfaces are all well rubbed and and edges have shelf wear, but the lettering remains legible. These is creasing on the corners and backstrip as well as along the spine. The pages are clean and unmarked with no creases or rips. The binding and text block are sound with no loose pages. This is a great reading copy. ISBN 014052326X. Packaged using bubble wrap and a sturdy cardboard box. Tracking number provided for no extra cost. Thanks for checking out this book from our small town brick-and-mortar and supporting a small business. Seller Inventory # AGM05161700369